Vapor-stove



(No Modeln) W.l o. NORTH.

vAPoRsTovE. l NQ.272,462. Patented Feb.2o,1a's.

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UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.-

WILLIAM o. NORTH, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO.'

lVAPOR-STOVE.

SPECIFICATIO forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,462, dated February 20, 1883.

v Application filed December 9, 1882. (No model.) A'

To allywhom it may concern:

'B e it yknown that I, WILLIAM O. NORTH, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vapor-Stoves of which the following is a specification.

This improvement', relates to stove-tops and it consists of a chamber beneath the gratings in the pot-holes and lsurrounding the burners, said chamber having a rear passage-way for conducting heat back under the back .extension or shelt' for the purpose oi' utilizing the surplus by distributing it underneath the rear shelf for keeping dishes or cooking-vessels warm. By this arrangement the surplus heat from one burner is distributed to the back, ulhile the balance of the top remains unbeate In the drawings, Figure 1 is atop or plan view, the dotted lines showing :form and location of the aforesaid chambers. Fig. 2 is a cross-section in line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the chamber and conducting passage-way and the bottom platethereof.

A is the stove-top, provided with the usual pot-holes and the rear sheltl or extension, B, which may be made with Open-work or solid, as may be desired. ln connection with the said pot-holes I make a depending circular iiange, C, which nearly surrounds the burner,-

having the rear side made open', and provided with an open neck 'or passage, C', reaching through the back auge of the top A to the under side of the aforesaid shelf B. This iian ge forms lthe sides of a chamber beneath the gratings in. the pot-holes, which is closed at the bottom by a plate, D, resting on a ledge or lugs, c, having a central opening, by which itr may be put in place overthe burner. The

plateD lies just beneath the comminglingchamber of the burner; The dames of the bu'ruer are therefore inclosed in this chamber, and

from the fount and weakens the et't'ect On the burners.

This is an improvement on my patent Of `December 13, 1881, in which a double-top stove is claimed. My objects in making this improvement'are to decrease the weight,.to essen the cost, and to economize in the, use of fuel, as by this construction greater benefits are derived from the burners than heretofore.

These chambers are very simple in construction, consisting of a ring having ears or lugs d d for securing it to the underside of the table.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a vapor-stove, the chamber formed by the depending circular flange C and plated), havingy the opening Or neck C,leading to the rear, for conveying surplus heat from the burner underneath! the back shelf or extension, B, as and for the purpose described.

NVILLIAM C. FORTH.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, FRANK R. TIBEI'ITS. 

